OH SAY CAN YOU—The slapdash murk of San Francisco’s Thee Oh Sees is, quite simply, some of the best garage rock around, covering terrain from throbbing proto-punk to dance-bop frat rock to ghoulish acoustic tunes to noise-trip psychedelic pop. This is your happening, and it freaks you out! NLw/Past Lives, ASSS; Doug Fir, 830 E […]
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REVEAL—After throwing out a warning signal in the form of a cryptic introductory video, YACHT’s new full-band incarnation YACHT and the Straight Gaze make their first appearance tonight. See them now so you won’t have to hear about it the next day after they’ve already left on tour. MSw/Bobby Birdman, White Fang, & more; Holocene, […]
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MELLOW MAN—It’s easy to play up his association with the Raconteurs, but I like Brendan Benson for his other, mellower side. Benson’s solo work is the perfect soundtrack to a chilly February night and a pint of beer. SMw/Frank Fairfield; Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside, 9 pm, $13-15 BENEFIT—Too many Haiti benefits? Ain’t no such […]
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The Wild Folk Fashion Show
Should the apocalypse strike, you’ll be glad you made friends with people who know how to walk silently through the forest and interpret the behavior of birds to track prey and avoid predators. People who bathe in mud, make houses out of twigs, and know which plants are poisonous or medicinal. Even handier to be […]
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CUPCAKES—Straight Cupcakin mixes beats, baked goods, and booze as if it ain’t no thing. Tonight features Grand Puba, Ohmega Watts, and Philly’s Phunkestra. Plus! Pastries and Valentine’s Day gifts from local craft vendors, all for a $5 cover—and if you RSVP, there’s an open bar! MDThe Crown Room, 205 NW 4th, 9 pm, $5 (RSVP […]
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ROCK ‘N’ BOWL—Rock music and bowling are blood brothers, which is why you don’t want to miss this trio of local bands performing at the AMF Lanes on Powell! The Mean Jeans, Autistic Youth, and Welcome Home Walker perform as you shake your ass and swing your 12-pound balls. WSHAMF Pro 300 Lanes, 3031 SE […]
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GOOD CAUSE—Maybe you want to help Haiti some more, or maybe you just want to stick it to Pat Robertson; either way, tonight’s the first of two fantastic shows at Mississippi Studios which go to benefit Mercy Corps and Haiti Medical Relief. Gear up for supergroups like Blue Giant and the Minus 5, plus an […]
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VERY NICE NIGHT—Bands. (Typhoon, Breakfast Mountain, and more.) “Film-poems.” (From utterly entertaining local poet Zachary Schomburg.) Spudnik. (Potato Champion’s new mobile french-fry cart.) This well-rounded event, sponsored by literary and arts journal Poor Claudia, promises to be a very nice night indeed. AHHolocene, 1001 SE Morrison, 8:30 pm, $6 ROVE ‘N’ DEAN—How about seeing the […]
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ROGER THAT—It’s sold out, but if you’ve already got tickets to the Wilco show—or feel like hunting on Craigslist—you can expect a professional, high-caliber rock concert of which your dad would approve. Bonus! Excellently weird folk-rockers Califone are opening! (Your dad might not like ’em so much.) NLArlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway, 8 […]
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RETREAT—I could talk you to death about how fucking great Wells Tower is—about how he’s one of the best authors writing today, about how you should read his short-story collection Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned—but don’t take my word for it. The Paris Review, the New York Times, and McSweeney’s all love the dude, too. Head […]
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Walking with Dinosaurs Ticket Giveaway!!
Why yes, I DO have an extra pair of tickets to Walking with Dinosaurs, the ARENA SPECTACULAR opening later this month at the Rose Garden. (The show features life sized dinosaurs and is, to quote the press release, “everything a dino-phile could want.”) Would you like to win them? Okay! Given the hipster-appropriated cutesiness of […]
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HOOPS—The Los Angeles Lakers are easily the best team in the NBA, but that hasn’t stopped the team from dropping nine straight at the Rose Garden. Tonight, the Portland Trail Blazers go for 10 in a row, and with any luck, we all might see Kobe cry. EACRose Garden, 1 Center Ct, 7 pm, $35-225, […]